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Policy Office Mission
The mission of the Policy
Office is to provide professional, consistent, accurate, timely information
and technical assistance to internal and external customers regarding all
documents pertaining to the delivery of quality services in Arizona’s public
behavioral health system.
Office Manager:
Dan Wendt
Office Accomplishments
In July of 2002, the Policy
Office was created, and since then has been focused on ensuring that all
Division Documents are developed and/or maintained in an accurate and
consistent manner ensuring the delivery of quality behavioral health services.
The Policy Office accomplishes this task by close collaboration with internal
DBHS Offices and Bureaus as well as complying with Arizona Statute and
settlement agreements, such as the JK Settlement and Arnold vs. Sarn.
The Division Documents
mentioned above include:
- ADHS/DBHS Policies
- Practice Improvement
Protocols (PIPs)
- Clinical Practice
Guidelines
- Technical Assistance
Documents (TADs)
- Provider Manual
- Member Handbooks
- Covered Services Guide
- ADHS/DBHS
Specification Manuals
- DBHS Internal Desk Top
Procedures
- DBHS Behavioral Health
System Operation Manual
- Contracts
The Policy Office is
committed to developing a set of concise and understandable Department and T/RBHA
documents that:
- Eliminate
redundancies;
- Direct requirements to
the appropriate audiences;
- Support the efficient
management of the public behavioral health system; and
- Help ensure the
delivery of quality behavioral health services.
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